It's been a couple of years now since Dolly-Rose Campbell's Coronation Street character brought sign language to the scene in the ITV soap. Back in 2021, viewers saw Gemma Winter sign for the first time after one of her and partner Chesney Brown's quads, Aled, was diagnosed with profound deafness.
The couple were torn over whether their son should have an implant operation and in the meantime, Gemma started to learn British Sign Language (BSL) and sought the help of Freda Burgess and a BSL teacher called Charlie. But Gemma was later left horrified when Freda took Aled away after learning of the mum's decision over Aled's implant.
But after their worrying hostage situation, Aled later had the cochlear implant and late last year, Gemma and her mum Bernie, played by Jane Hazlegrove, staged a sit-in at her stepson Joseph's school when the teacher told him off for using sign language at school.
